Primul film al lui Stanley Kubrick cu o distribuție profesionistă și pentru prima dată a obținut recunoașterea publică ca regizor neconvențional pe care îl cunoaște acum. Povestea este a unor foști prizonieri care intenționează să înființeze un pistă de curse, astfel încât să poată trăi o viață fără grijile monetare. Unul dintre cele mai excepționale filme artistice ale anilor '50.
Ramon a fost culcat de aproape treizeci de ani în grija familiei sale. Singura lui fereastră către lume este cea din camera lui, lângă marea în care a călătorit atât de mult și unde a suferit accidentul care i-a întrerupt tinerețea. De atunci, singura sa dorință este să-și încheie viața cu demnitate. Sosirea a două femei îi va schimba lumea: Julia, avocata care vrea să-și susțină lupta și Rosa, o vecină a orașului care va încerca să-l convingă că viața merită trăită. Personalitatea luminoasă a lui Ramón sfârșește prin a-i captiva pe amândoi, care vor trebui să se pună la îndoială ca niciodată înainte de principiile care le guvernează viața. Știe că numai persoana care îl iubește cu adevărat va fi cea care îl va ajuta să facă acea călătorie finală.
An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food, and a place to call home.
Patru teroriști au deturnat un metrou din New York și cer răscumpărare de un milion de dolari sau vor să-i împuște pe cei reținuți. După ce banii sunt predați însă, lucrurile devin cu adevărat complicate, pentru că polițistul responsabil, Zachery Garber, descoperă că pasagerii călătoresc acum singuri, fără șofer de metrou. Și la un moment dat se ajunge la capătul rețelei de metrou!
A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant, Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of family members stand in her way.
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.
Ultimele zile ale ultimului an al secolului XX. În Los Angeles, orașul în care se desfășoară cea mai mare sărbătoare a mileniului, un fost polițist, Lenny Nero, vinde, într-un haos general, CD cu memorii și experimente virtuale. Dar când intră în posesia unui disc cu amintirile unui criminal, Lenny înțelege că nu va avea liniște, până când nu va descoperi identitatea celui ale cărui amintiri le-a aflat.
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
O petrecere pre-nuntă se transformă într-un coșmar psihologic pentru un grup de prieteni din liceu, atunci când un invitat-surpriză vine cu o valiză misterioasă.
Three tales, three ages, three worlds. At the time of Ancient Egypt, a young king becomes the first black pharaoh to deserve the hand of his loved one. During the French Middle Ages, a mysterious wild boy steals from the rich to give to the poor. In 18th-century Turkey, a prince of pastries and a princess of roses escape the palace to live their love.
Honeymooning couple Monica and Mike check into a motel in New Mexico. All seems normal until an ambulance pulls up and abducts Mike. Monica narrowly escapes and, with the help of truck driver Bill, discovers the awful secret of the motel and the ambulance service.
After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation, he is given a second chance. All he has to do is drive a group of special kids across the country.
A local TV personality leads a team of supernatural investigators, including an exorcist, into the darkest corners of a supposedly haunted house.
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.
The Earth is invaded by alien parasites—AKA 'slugs'—that ride on people's backs and control their minds.
When out-on-bail mob boss Bellavance discovers that $500,000 of his money is missing, he sends four hardcore hit men to send a "loud and messy" message to the suspected thieves' families. But when the killers invade the Rutledge home, they'll meet the household's emotionally disturbed young son Owen. Owen has a history of violent behavior, knows how to make lethal booby-traps and is about to teach these thugs some deadly lessons in extreme vengeance.
In Miami, Florida, biker gang leader Edward "Diablo" Santer is about to be executed for murder when he proclaims his innocence and vows revenge from the grave. When a mysterious biker comes to town during Spring Break festivities, leaving several teenagers electrocuted to death, some begin to suspect that Santer has made good on his promise.